One night back and my swollen eye problem returns. Maybe i’m allergic to France. Actually, i’m pretty sure it’s the fault of the heater that is an inch away from my head when i sleep. It must totally dry out my eyes. Karen said she got a rash on her chin that she suspects the heater to be involved in as well.
In either case there’s this, fuckfrance.com which sports funny headlines like, Lionel Jospin – Arsonist or Prime Minister? One can’t help but chuckle. I don’t feel so bad because the link comes straight from Emmanuelle.net, a real live French person. But she has yet to discover who actually runs it. I was saying to a friend in New York actually that i feel strangely compelled defend France against the flippant remarks of my uninformed American brethren. Meanwhile i, of course, am allowed to snark about the country and the culture endlessly. No, it’s not at all fair or logical, but i have to live here and dems de breaks.
New Angeles Monthly, June 2008
Weekend America, March 30, 2008
Los Angeles Times, March 13, 2008
Los Angeles Times, March 6, 2008
Nil by Mouth is written by Neille Ilel. Neille is a writer, reporter and user interface specialist in Los Angeles. If you think that's a lot, she's also got a host of meandering sidelines including improv comedy, tennis, cooking, drawing and thinking about learning to play the guitar.
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